GROWTH AND YIELD RESPONSE OP TOMATO (Lycopersicon esculentum) TO Trichoderma harzianum LIQUID SUPPLEMENT WITH FERMENTED SEED EXTRACTS OP MUNGBEAN, SOYBEAN AND IPIL-IPIL

The antagonistic activity of Trichoderma species showed that it is parasitic on many soil-borne and foliage pathogens, withal, Trichoderma, harzianum not only act as biocontrol agents, but also stimulate plant resistance, and plant growth and development and stimulate plant defense mechanisms resulting in an increase in Crop production. Thus, this study aimed to formulate and test the efficacy of combined organic liquid supplement (OLS) from T. harzianum and fermented seed extracts (SE) and evaluate its efficiency in tomato production. It also aimed to evaluate the growth and yield of tomato as influenced by combined Ls, mainly from T. harzianum and in combination with different SE and to determine the appropriate combination and interaction effects of LS from T. harzianum and different SE. This study used Randomized Complete Block Design having, nine treatments replicated three times, The treatments were, no LS or no fertilizer (control): Commercial OLS (control); T. harzianum liquid supplement: 4.76% Mungbean SE: 4.70% Soybean SE, 4.70% Ipil-ipil SE, 1:1 T. harzianum LS + fermented mung bean SE:1:1 T. harzianum LS + fermented soybean SE, and 1:1 T. harzianum LS + fermented ipil-ipil SE. Yield was significantly increased by the supplementation of T. harzianum in combination with fermented SE, Treatment with 1:1 ratio of T. harzianum LS + fermented ipil-ipil SE significantly save the highest computed yield of 43 47 tha which is 107% higher than the yield obtained in commercial OLS and 497% higher than the control. Treatments (T) and Ty) with combined liquid supplement from T. harzianum and seed extracts of mungbean and soybean produced comparable yield of 39.22 Tha and 34.47 tha, respectively. And all the data gathered such as plant height, flowering period, number of fruits per plant, number of non-marketable fruits, fruit weight, and reaction to insect pests and diseases showed significant differences among treatments. Overall, 1:1 T. harzianum LS + fermented ipil-ipil SE, is the optimum combination as liquid fertilizer because it greatly increases the yield and support and enhances growth of tomato. Since the developed liquid supplement from T. harzianum and fermented SE is at par or even surpassed the yield, growth and development of commercial OLS, it has high potential as bio-liquid fertilizer for tomato production which could be substituted to commercial OLS and synthetic fertilizers.